He's a lifelong Hearts fan whose aim was to conjure up old memories of the bustling Tynecastle terraces in the 1980s.

And now, after a year of dedication, Costorphine man Eddie Shields has finally finished building his replica scale model of the old stadium.

The detail is impeccable. Using photographs and YouTube videos of old games as points of reference, he created the structure from a mixture of model wood, plastic and cardboard, and glued matchsticks in place to create features like the old wooden benches.

Eddie says he has also started planning to build a scale model of Easter Road from the 1980s, and hopes to recreate the old Murrayfield stadium with its grandstand and big embankments.

Many major sporting venues were changed from terraced to all-seater stadiums following recommendations made in the 1990 Taylor Report into the Hillsborough Disaster the year before, in which 96 Liverpool fans were killed and many more were injured.

Eddie, who works in a bank in Edinburgh, added: "I've got the day job but I've always been creative and wanted to make money out of those creative talents. I've done oil paintings and watercolours but I feel like I've got more scope with something like this."

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